After Li Zicheng returned from the defeat of Shanhaiguan, he forcibly obtained the gold and the palace treasury and utensils, all melted down, cast into cakes, each cake was a thousand gold, about tens of thousands of cakes, transported back to Xi'an by mule cart, on the 29th, Zicheng was called the emperor in the Wuying Palace, and the ancestors were honored as the emperor within seven generations, and his wife Gao was the queen, wearing a crown, arranging the honor guard, accepting the worship of hundreds of officials, and Niu Jinxing performed the suburban worship ceremony. On the night of his accession to the throne, he burned the palace and the Nine Gate Tower, and the next morning, he took Zhu Cihong, the former prince of the Ming Dynasty, hostage and fled westward, and sent the generals Zuo Guangxian and Gu Kecheng to the palace.

Li Zicheng left, in the name of sacrificing the heavens, decisively gave up the capital of the Ming Dynasty - Beijing City, which was a result that no one expected, because a month ago, Li Zicheng was still in the limelight, ready to ascend the throne in Beijing City, achieve his Wang Tu hegemony, and dominate the world, but he didn't expect that in just a short period of ten months, everything has changed, Li Zicheng still has forty or fifty thousand soldiers and horses in his hands, most of which are his elite people in Shaanxi, but Li Zicheng seems to be unwilling to stick to Beijing City.

Li Zicheng left, withdrew all the soldiers and horses of the Dashun army, the Manchu army had not yet chased, the city of Beijing was all in chaos at once, those Chongzhen Dynasty officials who surrendered to Dashun were dumbfounded, Li Zicheng gave them up mercilessly, in fact, when Li Zicheng acquiesced in Liu Zongmin's torture, he had already given up on them, except for some generals, Li Zicheng did not take any of them.

Twin Pagoda Temple, originally Qingshou Temple, built in the 26th year of Jin Zhangzong Dading, in the hour Yongfang West Chang'an Street, Ming orthodoxy rebuilt, renamed Daxinglong Temple, or called Ci'en Temple, the common people are still accustomed to call it Twin Pagoda Temple.

In the Twin Towers Temple, Jin Sheng has been hiding here for more than a whole month, when the city of Beijing has just fallen, Jin Sheng came to the Twin Towers Temple as a Fang Langzhong, and lived in it, although Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses were raped and plundered in Beijing, but did not violate the quiet place of Buddhism, Jin Sheng was also able to be safe and sound.

Early this morning, Jin Sheng heard the people in the city talking everywhere, Li Zicheng, the emperor of the Dashun Dynasty who had just ascended the throne yesterday, actually left, withdrew all the Dashun troops from Beijing, did not leave any of them, and burned the forbidden palace, which made Jin Sheng, who had been waiting for more than a month, suddenly full of passion.

"Lord Fang, Bo Pingbo, I just got the news that after Li Zicheng's defeat at Shanhaiguan, he was afraid of the Manchu Qing soldiers and had led the army to evacuate in a hurry.

Jin Sheng was very excited, waited for so long, and finally waited for the opportunity, when Cao Bianjiao invited him to Beijing, he was obliged to follow, Cao Bianjiao led people to rescue Zhu Cijiong, Zhu Cihuan, he stayed in Beijing alone, waiting and acting, at the beginning Cao Bianjiao just told him that there would be a chance soon, as many available ministers as possible to Nanjing, for the country to fight for a few more virtuous, but he was also very chilling, since Li Zicheng entered Beijing, many Zheng Zheng martyrs are committed suicide, There are very few people left, and the rest of the people are flattering Li Zicheng, and the only ones he can find back are Fang Yuegong, the original Ren Hu, the scholar of the Second Military Department and the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, and Guo Zhenming, Bo Pingbo.

"Really, Li Thief is really gone?" Fang Yuegong also seemed very excited, Li Zicheng fled in such a hurry, which was beyond their expectations, and he really couldn't believe it for a while.

"It's true, Li Zicheng falsely claimed to go to the suburbs of Beijing to worship the sky, but after leaving the city, the soldiers divided into two ways, all the way to the south and all the way to the west, and they did escape, and I also heard a news that the prince was robbed by Li Zicheng, but the princess was unable to make the trip because of her injuries, and they stayed in Beijing." Jin Sheng replied.

Guo Zhenming also said at the moment: "Li Zicheng defeated Shanhaiguan, did not dare to promote the Manchu Qing army, his ambition can be seen, now the Manchu Tartars are only afraid that they will come soon, our time is running out, the capital is now only afraid of chaos into a pot of porridge, we immediately went to find the princess, and then went to Nanjing, Nanjing has the capital left by Chengzu, after General Cao saved King Yong and King Ding, he must support King Ding to inherit the unification, we arrived in Jiangnan, we can re-clean up the old mountains and rivers!" Although Guo Zhenming was excited, he did not lose his sense of proportion, knowing that the current situation is also very critical, it is not so easy, he needs to move as soon as possible to seize every opportunity.

"Good! Let's go now! Jin Sheng and Fang Yuegong also agreed with him.

The three of them immediately left the Shuangta Temple, they knew that Li Zicheng had previously locked the princess in the forbidden palace, and now they were only afraid that the princess was still in the imperial city, they also immediately went to the imperial city to find the princess, after leaving the Shuangta Temple, walking on the street, the Beijing city at this moment has been completely chaotic, Li Zicheng's soldiers and horses have all been evacuated, all the official mansions have become decorations, those small people on weekdays, bandits and bullies have taken to the streets, and they will rob every person.

"The rivers are going down, the mountains and rivers are broken, and when you look at the city of Beijing, you know that the state affairs are difficult!" Jin Sheng looked at this scene and felt helpless.

After the three of them entered the Forbidden City, what they saw was a raging fire, which had burned down a lot of palace halls, they couldn't take care of it anymore, and they went separately to find the princess, and the eunuchs in the palace were running around, after Li Zicheng left, he didn't bring the eunuchs, but the palace maids were all forcibly pulled away, Li Zicheng's idea was very simple, the eunuchs were useless, and the palace maids could reward their soldiers and inspire them to fight.

"Princess, it's too late!"

Under the leadership of an internal supervisor, Guo Zhenming was the first to find Princess Zhu Yujiao of Changping, Princess Changping was also born to Queen Zhou, before Chongzhen committed suicide, he swung his sword to cut off Princess Changping's left arm, causing him to faint, but also picked up a life, Li Zi became the heart of the remnants of the Ming Dynasty, it was okay for her, and she was treated for treatment, which was worth saving her life.

"Princess, this is Bo Pingbo Guo Zhenming Guo Jue!" The inner supervisor also introduced a sentence to Princess Changping at the moment.

Guo Zhenming also got up and said: "Princess, Li Zicheng was defeated and fled, now Beijing City is in chaos, I believe that the Manchu Tartars will soon take the opportunity to go south to Beijing City, we must leave to Nanjing, a month ago, Ning Guobo, the general Cao Bianjiao Cao General sneaked into the capital and rescued King Ding and King Yong, now compared to them have inherited the unification in Nanjing, we can go to Nanjing to meet." ”

"What about the Prince? How is the prince? When Princess Changping heard this, she was still concerned about the fate of the crown prince Zhu Cihong, who was also her own brother!

"I don't know, I heard that he died in the chaos of the army when he went west with Li Zicheng, and some people said that he was coerced by Li Zicheng and fled, princess, I can't take care of it anymore, let's leave quickly!"

"Okay!" Princess Changping also sighed at the moment, it was really a matter of life and death, so she could only follow Guo Zhenming to the south first, as for the crown prince Zhu Cixiong, he didn't know what to say, his younger brother Zhu Cijiong may have already been called the emperor in Nanjing, if Zhu Cihong goes south, it will inevitably bring turmoil, which she knows very well, this is equivalent to the same as Emperor Yingzong and Emperor Jingtai after the change of Tumubao, he only hopes that Zhu Cihong can be safe and sound.

After Guo Zhenming found Princess Changping, he also joined Fang Yuegong and Jin Sheng, and then disguised himself as a refugee, escaped from Beijing, and went to Nanjing.